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Nayru (The Legend of Zelda, Oracle of Ages)

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Hero of Legend: Why is he Hylia's Favorite?

People always say that he's Hylia's favorite incarnation of the Hero. Why is that?

The Hero of Legend has been through it all. Being Hylia's favorite isn't a good thing.

The Hero of Legend exists in a tumultuous timeline, one where the Hero of Time was defeated by Ganondorf. In that ancient era, Ganondorf took the Triforces of Link and Zelda and possessed the power of the complete Triforce, and the Seven Sages only barely sealed him away in the Sacred Realm, which, due to Ganon's influence, became the Dark World.

The War of Imprisonment rampaged the land, and souls who disappeared into the Sacred Realm's gates never returned. Eventually the Sages were able to seal it again, much tighter than before, and peace returned to Hyrule.

However, this is a timeline when the Hylians are fading away, and the blood of the goddess is thinning. Hyrule in and of itself is becoming no more than a legend in current time.

Agahnim, an evil sorcerer looking to open the Sacred Realm's doors once again, begins taking young girls who are descended from the Seven Sages and sacrificing them to the Dark World, hoping to bring Ganon back. He's about to do the same to Zelda, who telepathically cries out for help. It's Link, the nephew of the last knight in Hyrule, who hears her. His uncle races off to help the castle guards, alerted by the chaos at the palace, but is overwhelmed. Link finds him and accepts his sword, unknowingly accepting a lifetime of quests and adventures set up on him by the gods.

Link rescues Zelda and takes her to the Sanctuary, where he is told he must find the Master Sword if he is to defeat Agahnim. He journeys across Hyrule, obtaining the three Charms of Virtue, and even the Dark World (where he turns into a pink bunny until he gets the Moon Pearl) before getting the Master Sword-- but he's too late. Zelda is sacrificed to the Dark World right in front of him.

Link saves the seven girls that Agahnim had sacrificed, defeats Agahnim, then Ganon; and peace returns to Hyrule. His uncle and the king of Hyrule as Link puts his hands on the Triforce and wishes for peace.

The gods certainly found a loophole with that one, instead taking him to the neighboring lands of Holodrum and Labrynna, where he must rescue Din (Oracle of Seasons) after Twinrova (yes, the same ones from Ocarina of Time) capture her in an effort to resurrect Ganon, again. He undertakes another vast journey, defeats their minion Onox and his Dark Dragon form, then defeats Ganon and rescues Zelda for the second time.

And again, he's whisked away to another world, Labrynna, where he must stop the wicked sorceress Veran from upending their world by traveling across time to save Nayru, the Oracle of Ages.

After all of this, Link briefly returns to Hyrule before probably deciding that he's had enough. He sets out on a ship for his final, and most bitter, journey.

On the open ocean, Link is caught in a storm and wrecks. He finds himself on the island of Koholint, a peaceful and wonderful place where he meets and (according to largely-accepted canon) falls in love with Marin, a beautiful girl who nurses him back to health.

In my mind, I believe that Link probably wanted to stay there forever, but he was pulled into another adventure by a mysterious owl, maybe sent by Hylia or influenced by the gods. He is told he needs to wake the Wind Fish, and after a long adventure, he discovers that the entire island only exists in the Wind Fish's dream. The monsters that attacked him were trying to save their island home, and the citizens have no clue what's going on.

Link-- pushed by the gods' influence, I believe-- was forced to wake the Wind Fish, losing the one peaceful place he'd ever been and his beloved Marin.

After this, the hero sets off on the sea once more, never to be seen again.

The fact that he's never heard from again could mean plenty of things. Perhaps he was finally allowed to rest, and made a life somewhere else. Or maybe he did get pulled into another adventure, but somewhere far away. Or maybe, he fell victim to the sea now that his purpose was served and Hylia's protection disappeared.

He is called Hylia's favorite because he is possibly the incarnation of the hero that has seen the most adventures. He was pulled into saving the world multiple times, even when he tried to escape it. His final journey was probably his worst, since he fell in love with someone he ultimately had to destroy.

The only reason he was forced to wake the Wind Fish was because it was the only way to return to his own world, where Hylia could continue to use him if necessary-- and ultimately she never did. Link had to live with the decision that cost him Marin until the end of his days.

In conclusion the Hero of Legend's story is bittersweet. He is certainly a hero, having saved Hyrule twice, Holodrum, and Labrynna. He defeated Ganon and saved Zelda twice. He was renowned as a legend as time went on, but no one knows where he went or what became of him. Perhaps we will never know.

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Ah it's finally done, my Veran art.

I actually made this for my redbubble, hopefully it's up by now.

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Never thought I'll relate to Link's facial expressions but here I am

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All of the zeldas so far in order of release

This took me so long lol i don't even know why i did this but here it is :>

And also i have not played eow yet so no spoilers pls

1. Classic Zelda

2. Zelda I

3. Alttp Zelda

4. Cdi Zelda

5. Other cdi Zelda

6. Oot Sheik

7. Oot adult Sheik

8. Oot downfall Sheik

9. Ssb Zelda (i needed to get to 25 lol)

10. Oox Zelda

11. Fs Zelda

12. Tetra

13. Fsa Zelda

14. Mc Zelda

15. Mc stained glass Zelda

16. Tp Zelda

17. St Zelda

18. Ss Zelda

19. Albw Zelda

20. Hw Zelda

21. Botw Zelda

22. Ancient princess (named after Sonia from totk)

23. Coh Zelda

24. Aoc Zelda

25. Eow Zelda

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"Come see the many looks of Princess Zelda throughout the years!" image from Nintendo Game News

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miscellaneous zelda art over the last month

… or something ☕️

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lil something for the zelda/linked universe folks that still stick around <3

pspsps! my commissions are open here if you're interested!

[drawnbyshelly]

my take on goddess din's real form :)

edit: this is my most popular post ever so far, THANK YOU SO MUCH POR ALL THE SUPPORT!! 🥹💞

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Linktober days 6-11. Fear/Horror- Royalty/Noble-Tunic-Secret/Mystery-Species/Race-Music/Dance.

[chibinur]

I think I never showed this one :o So here it is !!

This is not a ranking btw !!! I took the Links I wanted to draw at that time and just wrote things about their respective games.

OoT : The first Zelda game I have ever put my eyes on (I was watching my big bro play when I was like 4-5 years old) and it has my favourite Link in it !

ST : The first Zelda game I have finished, so it has a special place in my heart... This game is often overlooked because of its trains gimmick but it's so good I swear !!! Plus Zelda's your companion in this game, she's one of my favourite princesses alongside Wild era Zelda. I LOVE her chemistry with Link in that game, they're too cute AAAAH

OoS/OoA : They're Zelda games I haven't played yet (I know, shocking) but I read the manga and I particularly love the one with Ralph and Nayru in it XD

TP : Link is ripped good lord (and his voice ???). Also you can talk to animals so that's a plus for me. I also think this game has the best dungeons ! Best character Midna is in it, should be an enough reason to play the game !

[chibitacolord]

Wip

Working on more redbubble merch

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For you Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages fans out there, Moosh! Honestly, he’s probably my favorite of the three animal friends in those games, so I had to do a “Link on the move” animation with him :)